# People: 20 people in Valpolicella and a film set · Fornace

> Fornace started in 2011 making native iPhone apps and still shoots its own films. 20 people plus collaborators, a 50 m² kitchen and cinema cameras.

# 20 people and a 50 m² set in Valpolicella.

Fornace started in 2011 making native iPhone apps for marketing. It grew into an agency for brands like Lavazza Group, Pam and Viessmann, opened its own production company in 2021 and now builds AI models.

![Hands chopping herbs on a board, from a Fornace production](/assets/img/reel-41-5.webp "set/kitchen")
![A miniature forest of broccoli, pulses and mozzarella, built on our set](/assets/img/reel-24.webp "set/broccoli-forest")

```kv
founders     Francesco Frapporti and Luca Cisorio · 2011
team         20 people plus a circle of collaborators
crafts       developers, researchers, designers, copywriters, directors, producers, account managers
set          next to the office in San Pietro in Cariano: a 50 m² kitchen, cinema cameras, lights, drones
```

## Next to the office, the set.

In the 50 m² kitchen next to the office in San Pietro in Cariano we shoot 4K spots for Viessmann, product films for NIMS's five lines and the miniature sets in our showreel.

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